(From EFF) On August 6, we filed a comment [pdf] opposing US Telecom’s (AT&T’s and Verizon’s trade association) petition for forbearance—the request that the FCC use its authority to repeal a key provision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Today, thanks to...

You can blame them for lots of other stuff, just not this. (From Wired) So the real bottleneck isn’t incumbent providers of broadband, but incumbent providers of rights-of-way. These incumbents — the real monopolists — also have the final say...